To those who look to the US to fix all of the world s ills, Obama looks weak and indecisive.

Doubting that there would be shared sacrifice, those same interest groups were unable to negotiate meaningful tax reform.

And, if governments dependence on bond markets willingness to lend has not rendered them unable to reform financial regulation, this is all the more true for the EU and the G 20.

At the same time, politicians in democratic countries need to think seriously about reforms of international institutions, because we desperately need institutions capable of real global governance.

It was able but only it was able to organize health care, education, policing, justice.

Arab authoritarian regimes, unlike others that have given way to democracy, are incapable of self reform they have, however, mastered the tactics needed to prolong the life spans of their aging despotisms.

As every economics student learns early on, monetary policy cannot fix problems in the real economy only policy changes affecting the real economy can.

She's apt to forget her promise.

a functioning state

Am I capable of killing?

Your voice can prevent a war. Not guns.

The earth is capable of feeding everyone.

Africa can feed itself.

But governments can influence the development of productivity.

In the future, even liquid markets will be willing to intermediate fewer transactions than they were two months ago.

While many believe that United Nations reform cannot be complete without Security Council reform, it needs to be emphasized also that United Nations reform cannot be complete without General Assembly reform.

For the past six years, the West has believed that monetary policy can save the day. The crisis led to huge budget deficits and rising debt, and the need for deleveraging, the thinking goes, means that fiscal policy must be shunted aside.

I was blind, I couldn't speak, and I couldn't walk.

Emerging powers have the potential to fill this need.

Governments can enhance growth by increasing inclusiveness.

The market, they insist, regulates itself.

The country is at a stalemate the opposition is unable to topple President Bashar al Assad s regime, and Assad s forces are unable to quash the resistance.

Machines are becoming devastatingly capable of things like killing. Right?

Sami thought Layla could help him.

Force cannot accomplish everything.

Consequently, wages are market sustainable.

But Europe can do other things.

And they produce more equitable societies.

I would be able to do this again.

The same would be true of a reformed Security Council.

Pakistan must be able to focus internally on its future.

But the global financial system that emerged was fundamentally unstable, because it was built on the false premise that financial markets can be safely left to their own devices. That is why it broke down, and that is why it cannot be put together again.

The reform of the United Nations also requires the reform of the Secretariat.

Viable units will emerge that are less than ideal but at least capable of creating legitimate government meaning a government that is both effective and acceptable.

The Chinese can t force Kim to disarm fully, but they can persuade him to negotiate with a now more flexible US.

But I want to be able to make them not messy.

Do you know if Lucy can speak Japanese?

Fadil married a girl who couldn't speak Arabic.

The doctor told Layla that she couldn't have children.

Poor countries are aware of their power to block progress.

In this way, trade can raise living standards.

And we must, of course, get down to reforming the Security Council.

I would love to be able to visit every corner of the earth.

Ecuador was able to maintain relatively superior growth during the crisis.

The reform of our Organization would be incomplete without Security Council reform.